عنوان

Understanding politics :

0495797766 (pbk.)

b528618

Understanding politics :

[Book]

ideas, institutions, and issues /

Thomas M. Magstadt

9th ed

Boston, MA :

Wadsworth Cengage Learning,

c2011

xxi, 700 p. :

ill., maps (some col.) ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Introduction: The Study of Politics. -- 2. The Idea of the Public Good: Ideologies and Isms. Part I: COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SYSTEMS: MODELS AND THEORIES. -- 3. Utopias: Model States. -- 4. Constitutional Democracy: Models of Representation. -- 5. The Authoritarian Model: Myth and Reality. -- 6. The Totalitarian Model: False Utopias. Part II: ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING DEMOCRACIES. -- 7. Parliamentary Democracy. -- 8. States in Transition: Between Democracy and Yesterday. -- 9. Developing Countries: Democracy or Dictatorship? Part III: POLITICS BY CIVIL MEANS: CITIZENS, LEADERS, AND POLICIES. -- 10. Political Socialization: The Making of a Citizen. -- 11. Political Participation: The Price of Influence. -- 12. Political Leadership: The Many Faces of Power. -- 13. Issues in Public Policy: Principles, Priorities, and Practices. Part IV: POLITICS BY VIOLENT MEANS: REVOLUTION, WAR, AND TERRORISM. -- 14. Revolution: In the Name of Justice. -- 15. Terrorism: Weapon of the Weak. -- 16. War: Politics by Other Means. Part V: POLITICS WITHOUT GOVERNMENT. -- 17. International Relations: The Struggle for Power. -- 18. International Organization(s): Globalization and the Quest for Order. -- Glossary. -- Acknowledgments. -- Index

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Political science, Textbooks

Magstadt, Thomas M

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